The New Zealand Wars: The Hauhau wars, 1864-1872

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Page 152The sides of the huts were low, not more than 4 feet or 5 feet high; the interior
was hollowed out of the earth to a depth of about 2 feet, so that in entering, as in
the usual whare puni of those days, one had to step downwards through the low
...

Page 221In the middle of the track across the paddock the foot struck against smooth
stones embedded in the ground, and a little investigation showed that these
formed the taku-ahi, or hearthstone, which formerly occupied the centre of a whare.

Page 413Porter called, “Hangaia te ngutu o te pu ki nga whare! ” (“Thrust the muzzles of
your guns into the houses!”) The woman's cry had apparently not alarmed the
camp, for the people were talking in a large meeting-house which stood on one
side ...